We are Theatre Morgan of Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. The theatre department is part of the Fine and Performing Arts Department under the College of Liberal Arts. Theatre Morgan is an integral part
of the community. We perform at many Baltimore/D.C.
area museums.Our student organizations, the Ira
Aldridge Players and Alpha Psi Omega, the national
honorary society, participate yearly in the
campus Kwanzaa celebration and do workshops
and performances at local schools. We
are proud to offer school matinees for many of our
productions, giving area schools an opportunity to
provide students with an enlightening and affordable
cultural experience.

Photo credit: John Moore,brownmediainc@msn.com

Theatre Morgan produces plays that are
diverse and wide-ranging. Some of our productions include :Pulitzer
Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks’ in the blood, Topdog/Underdog and 365
Days/365 Plays, The
world premiere spoken word theatre production of Bridge of Ages,Langston
Hughes’ gospel- song play Black Nativity and God’s
Trombones ,David Feldshuh’sMiss
Evers’ Boys; Robert Harling’sSteel
Magnolias,Lorraine
Hansberry’s Les Blancs;Twilight:
Los Angeles, 1991,Tony Award winning Raisin, the
musical!; The
Odyssey by Derek Walcott,Ragtime, the musical, Paul Carter Harrison’s The Great MacDaddyand William
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice,Toni
Morrison’s The
Bluest Eye adapted by Lydia R. Diamond,Zora Neale Hurston’s Spunk adapted by George C. Wolfe,The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe, The Magic City Massacre by Deletta Gillespie, Crowns by Regina Taylor, Euripides' Medea, August Wilson's Jitney starring Roscoe Orman, for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow was enuf directed by Trazana Beverly, and the Maryland university premiere of the Broadway musical The Color Purple.

Theatre Morgan is celebrating 40 years of Creating Theatre Professionals!

40years/$40 Scholarship

In honor of our 40th Anniversary, we would like to honor our hardworking and talented students with scholarships to assist them in their educational pursuit. If you would like to contribute to a students’ success, please contribute to the “C. Thomas Johnson Society for the Arts Scholarship Fund”. Our theme is 40years/$40, but any amount that you can give is greatly appreciated (and also tax deductible).

To contribute to the scholarship fund

Make checks payable to: The M.S.U. Foundation

Make certain to specify “Theatre Arts” in the memo/ref. line of your check

Mailing address: The M.S.U. Foundation Office

Truth Hall, Room 201

Morgan State University

1700 E. Coldspring Lane

Baltimore, MD 21251

OR

Morgan State University

Theatre Department c/o Shirley Basfield Dunlap

Murphy Fine Arts Center

2201 Argonne Drive

Baltimore, MD 21251

For more information about the "C. Thomas Johnson Society for the Arts Scholarship Fund"